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Technology Stocks : LAST MILE TECHNOLOGIES - Let's Discuss Them Here
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To: jan hobbel who wrote (3033)3/9/1999 5:38:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio  Read Replies (2) of 12823
 
Jan,

>> the HFC model that could deliver high speed Internet, video on
demand, and Internet access is pretty much dead for now.<<

I believe that you are referring to the other model (not HFC), which was Switched Digital Video, or SDV.

SDV was another approach that has, for all intents and purposes, been abandoned. HFC is actually the platform that supports the cable modem which you acknowledged was working okay.

>Pacific Bell is trying to forget that they once thought that HFC was "the answer."<

That's a somewhat incongruous statement, IMO. Pacbell's abandonment of the HFC model signaled their retreat from cable TV in general, at the time, and had to do with factors which were outside those related to HFC's basic integrity. I don't like telling this story second hand. Is there a Ray Jensen in the house? Maybe someone closer to that situation like Ray [ot Tim] can elaborate on why PB decided to take a powder.

Regards, Frank_C.
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